An Asset-Based Examination of Contextual Factors Influencing Nutrition Security: The Case of Rural Northern New England.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Rural communities face a disproportionate burden in terms of diet-related health challenges and have been identified as a target for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's nutrition security initiatives. In this paper, we adopt an asset-based approach and use the Community Capitals Framework to examine the characteristics that support nutrition security in rural communities, using rural northern New England as a case study.

Methods

We conducted focus groups and interviews with 32 food and nutrition professionals in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont in 2023 and 2024 to explore the contextual factors that influence nutrition security in rural communities. We coded the data for community assets and mapped the identified assets into the seven dimensions of th

SUBMITTER: Ryan CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11767827 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature